DEEP Peer Educators

Stephenie Bre'Yanna Simmons

Other SU & Community Activities: Minority Association for Pre-Medical Students
(MAPS), Mary's Place (non-profit day shelter for homeless women and
children), Community Lunch on Capitol Hill

What does social justice mean to you?: Social justice is the acceptance of a human being. It
is the acceptance of an individual's gender, race, and sexual identity. It is
advocating for individuals who do not have a voice, and the recognition that
every individual deserves respect.

Peer Educator Philosophy/ Approach: My philosophy as a peer educator is to recognize
that everyone has different backgrounds that shape how they
understand themselves, others, and the world. By respecting
these differences and finding ways to listen and share, social justice
begins.

Jamie Wipf

What does social justice mean to you? "Justice is what love looks like in public." --Cornel West

Peer Educator Philosophy/ Approach: Listen. Try to understand even the people who don't try to understand you.

Monica Chan

Sociology

Second-Year

Where is home? Sacramento, CA with roots in Guangdong Province

Other SU & Community Activities: Sustainable Student Action (SSA) and Multicultural
Representative for Student Government of Seattle University, so come talk to me
if you ever need some advocacy support!

What does social justice mean to you? Restructuring power systems that marginalize and oppress
communities and defending land and resources for all.

Peer Educator Philosophy/ Approach: Praxis:
taking the thoughts and conversations to a level of action, which is expressed
in many different ways

Vanessa Lam

Humanities for Teaching & Math

Junior

Where is Home? "42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. I Remembered it again!" Just kidding :) Home is wherever family is.

Other SU & Community Activities: Student Alumni Abassadors

What does social justice mean to you? Social justice means where the poor, lowly, or minorities are heard and where their needs are fulfilled.

What does social
justice mean to you?: Social justice is about compassionate connection. It's
about a lot of things. It can be a lot of things. To me, it means being active
about love. For one another and for one's self.